IFLR Asia-Pacific awards 2019: winners revealed

Author: IFLR Correspondent | Published: 8 Mar 2019

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Clifford Chance
was named international law firm of the year at the annual IFLR
Asia-Pacific awards 2019, which were held in Hong Kong on March
7.

The firm also
took home China practice of the year and debt and equity-linked
team of the year.

Skadden Arps won
US practice and equity team of the year, while there were
notable team and deal wins for Allen & Overy, Kirkland
& Ellis, Ropes & Gray, Davis Polk & Wardwell,
Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters.

Maples Group won
offshore firm of the year, while Walkers was on three winning
deals.

Charles Li, chief
executive of Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) won
the market reform award based on his work on the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange’s listing rule changes implemented
in April 2018. Morgan Stanley’s Pamela Ng won the
in-house contribution award.

Allen &
Gledhill again picked up Regional firm of the year. From the
in-house bank teams, Citi won the In-house debt and
equity-linked team of the year, while Goldman Sachs secured the
in-house equity team of the year.

The awards were
supported by Hong Kong charity Pathfinders.

Congratulations
to all the nominees and winners. The full list of winners is
below.